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people about. >> president obama is going to accuse romney of four more years of bush and romney is going to accuse obama of four more years of obama. is that what's going to happen tonight in. >> we know this and everybody on your panel, they're all smart guy, they all know that every presidential contest is a contest for the future. and what president obama is saying is everything's fine, we should continue on the same course. governor romney happens to very clearly disagree with that. and the message that he has for these voters is that we can and will take a new course under romney and that new course will have more economic growth. >> this is an assembled intellect of awesome proportions, probably nor since thomas jefferson dined alone. >> i feel like i'm bringing down the batting average on this team. >> you never do. let me ask you this. i was very surprised yesterday to learn that mitt romney was talking about tax policy to a local denver, colorado station where he essentially unveiled a new program with more details. he said his 20% tax cut would only allow $17,000 worth of
people about. >> president obama is going to accuse romney of four more years of bush and romney is going to accuse obama of four more years of obama. is that what's going to happen tonight in. >> we know this and everybody on your panel, they're all smart guy, they all know that every presidential contest is a contest for the future. and what president obama is saying is everything's fine, we should continue on the same course. governor romney happens to very clearly disagree with...
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. >> so president obama responded with a more activist philosophy of government. >> government has the capacity, the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and to create frameworks where the american people can succeed. look, the genius of america is the free enterprise system and freedom and the fact that people can go out there and start a busine business, work on their own idea and make their decisions but as abraham lincoln understood there are also some things we do better together. >> the main line of attack the contention that romney could not cut taxes by increasing the deficit. romney responded he would not cut taxes if it led to a higher deficit. romney attacks the president on the job record, 23 million americans remain unemployed or underemployed. he responded saying 5 million jobs have been created over the past 30 months. obama seems more inclined to use government programs to boost job training and education but romney points to trade, energy and the taxation structure as keys to greater job growth. i think both
. >> so president obama responded with a more activist philosophy of government. >> government has the capacity, the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and to create frameworks where the american people can succeed. look, the genius of america is the free enterprise system and freedom and the fact that people can go out there and start a busine business, work on their own idea and make their decisions but as abraham...
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b obama has the lead. we still have a month to go. the next two weeks with three presidential, one vice presidential debates, we have a chance for mitt romney to set a different impression with the american people than he's been able to do so far. who knows what president obama will do and what events are happening in the world. but i'm not sure other than some tightening from a little surge that obama had which i think is receding a little bit, i'm not sure what nate is talking about. >> john, you wrote a column that talks about the debates and the impact of the debates traditionally. and made the case that traditionally it makes very little impact. >> there are many individual moments that make an impression. but to fundamentally change where a race is going is very rare and you need a combination of events. the example that i used in that piece, andrew, was 2000, al gore had a lead of about what president obama has now entering the debates against george w. bush. he had a reputation as a strong debater. his body language was off, h
b obama has the lead. we still have a month to go. the next two weeks with three presidential, one vice presidential debates, we have a chance for mitt romney to set a different impression with the american people than he's been able to do so far. who knows what president obama will do and what events are happening in the world. but i'm not sure other than some tightening from a little surge that obama had which i think is receding a little bit, i'm not sure what nate is talking about. >>...
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? customer erin swenson bought from us online today. so, i'm happy. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. (together) happy. i love logistics. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> as we hit new record mo
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here's barack obama telling a black crowd that basically they are part of the american community. he said florida was with hurricane andrew and with hurricane katrina it wasn't. the facts were not true. hurricane katrina got $110 billion to the gulf coast. well more than was put in with the stafford exempt. they got additional grants from the government. had a white position done this to a white crowd saying a white president was denying sections to a white part of the community, the press would be tearing him alive. if you don't believe me, ask trent lock. >> are you saying it is also the way president obama was speaking that raises eyebrows for you and this shows president obama is different than the way he regularly portrays himself? >> anderson, i'm from louisiana, if i were talking to you the way i talk to friends back home, you wouldn't be able to understand me. >> my dad is mississippi, so i did go down to a mississippi reunion. >> george bush sounded more southern below the mason/dixon line. politicians on both sides do that. i don't hold him at fault for trying to sound l
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the media has portrayed barack obama above the political rhetoric that both -- here is barack obama telling a black crowd basically they aren't part of the american community. he said florida was with hurricane andrew, and with hurricane katrina it wasn't. the facts simply weren't true, hurricane katrina got $110 billion to the gulf coast. well more than was spent in new york, with the stafford exemption. additional grant for the federal government. had a white politician done this to a white crowd crowd, saying a black president was denying funds to a white section of the country as not part of the community, the press would tear him alive. if you don't believe me, ask trent lott. >> is it also the way president obama was speaking? did it raise his eyebrows to you and it shows president obama is different than the way he regularly portrays himself? >> anderson, i'm from louisiana, if i were talking to you the way i talked to friends back home, you wouldn't be able ton me. >> my dad is from mississippi. >> this is a politician pandering to a crowd. george bush would sound more southern belo
the media has portrayed barack obama above the political rhetoric that both -- here is barack obama telling a black crowd basically they aren't part of the american community. he said florida was with hurricane andrew, and with hurricane katrina it wasn't. the facts simply weren't true, hurricane katrina got $110 billion to the gulf coast. well more than was spent in new york, with the stafford exemption. additional grant for the federal government. had a white politician done this to a white...
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. >> senator obama then warned of a quote, quiet riot building in the african-american community in the wake of hurricane katrina and other factors which he said the bush administration was neglecting. as we said, this tape isn't new, only part of it is out there, and the hyping of it may have as much to do with politics and little to do with content. we'll see. more is supposed to be released later tonight. joining us, paul begala who advises the leading pro-obama super pac and gloria borger. also, the founder of your black world.com and eric erickson. paul, what's your reaction to all this? >> you know, a long time ago, a veteran journalist by the name of john king was with the associated press and i was complaining about something they weren't covering. he pointed out they had already covered it. he wrote the word news on his notepad, and covered up the s. it's a five-year-old speech, cnn covered it five years ago. maybe it's shocking. it turns out, i follow this more closely maybe than the right wing blogs, our president is african-american and he belonged to reverend wright's churc
. >> senator obama then warned of a quote, quiet riot building in the african-american community in the wake of hurricane katrina and other factors which he said the bush administration was neglecting. as we said, this tape isn't new, only part of it is out there, and the hyping of it may have as much to do with politics and little to do with content. we'll see. more is supposed to be released later tonight. joining us, paul begala who advises the leading pro-obama super pac and gloria...
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? [ male announcer ] if you think all batteries are the same... consider this: when the unexpected happens, there's one brand of battery more emergency workers trust in their maglites: duracell. one reason: duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. so, whether it's 10 years' of life's sunny days... or... the occasional stormy one... trust goes a long way. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> it has been five, long difficult years since the final harry potter book. in all, seven harry porter books sold a staggering 450 million copies world wide. the movies gross modder than $7 billion worldwide making author jk rowling a very, very rich woman. >> a big change. today's new novel is on the shelves for adults -- "the casual vacancy," with the daily beast, th
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> it may not be as high on tourists must-see list as the capital or the white house or the lincoln memorial, but anyone who's visited washington probably has seen the reflecting pool in the national mall. it's just been repaired and it's already got a problem. lisa sylvester has taken a look. what you got? >> hi, wolf. that renovation is completed. they fixed cracks and leaks in the foundation, but now there is a new problem. let's say this is a problem that you just can't miss. there's plenty to take pictures of in downtown washington, d.c. the lincoln memorial, the world war ii memorial. and then this. folks snapping photos of the reflecting pool. >> it's really sludge at this end. >> and what's in it. >> it's disgusting. it's not right. >> algae. >> smells like wet dog. >> my dog came home from the st
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> jack's joining us again with the cafferty file. jack. >> big day tomorrow. the question is what can mitt romney do to win that first debate. gary writes from california, i'd like to hear both candidates explain specifically how they would correct our current financial problems. we're staring at a virtual financial armageddon and nobody seems to want to talk about it. i don't get it. william writes from washington, every time romney says in the debate that he's for the 100%, the number 47 will flash across most people's minds. nora writes from texas, he needs to look presidential, act presidential and talk like he believes what he's saying. if he doesn't sound positive and sure of himself, it's all over. carol in massachusetts says mitt should zip the can zingers and try to lay out his vision for the co
it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> jack's joining us again with the cafferty file. jack. >> big day tomorrow. the question is what can mitt romney do to win that first debate. gary writes from california, i'd like to hear both candidates explain...
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> shocking admissions from the former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. revealing for the first time in his brand new book the moment he confessed the his wife maria shriver he fared a child with the family's housekeeper with an affair. he spoke about it with "60 minutes." >> i think it was the stupidest thing i have done in the whole relationship. >> reporter: it was a seve
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as american voters weigh their choice the first of three presidential debates, that's coming up this wednesday night. you can watch it here with us, live, at 7:00 eastern, on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> of course we take politics very seriously here. there's also a funny side. and i talked with comedian ben gleeb about debate messaging. let's get right to it. camps on both sides seeming to manage expectations. is that like trying to make sure that each side doesn't step on a land mine kind of thing? good idea? >> yeah. yeah, exactly. trying to put out fires before they happen. which is not even how fire departments operate. but it's pretty amazing how every year they expect us to believe this person can take our nation and in a lot of ways, the planet, into a new day. can lead us through the most difficult times we're experiencing in modern history. yet, also, we should believe they're not great in front of a camera. don't expect too much, though. they're also a little nervous in front of people. >> well, happy birthday to the it turns 30. no googling. the singer had two first name so br
as american voters weigh their choice the first of three presidential debates, that's coming up this wednesday night. you can watch it here with us, live, at 7:00 eastern, on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> of course we take politics very seriously here. there's also a funny side. and i talked with comedian ben gleeb about debate messaging. let's get right to it. camps on both sides seeming to manage expectations. is that like trying to make sure that each side doesn't step on a land mine kind...
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one of the strengths for president obama this past year when we're looking at polling is that the american public generally likes president obama even as they have said that his job approval has been below 50%. so we're looking for moments, we're looking to see who goes on the defense, who's on offense tomorrow night, and who might slip up. but it's all about expectations, and in fact, 12 hours ago, mitt romney here in denver addressed that. let's take a listen. >> people want to know who's going to win, who's going to score the punches and who's going to make the biggest difference and the arguments they make and there's going to be all this scoring of winning and losing. you know, in my view, it's not so much winning and losing or even the people themselves, the president and myself, it's about something bigger than that. >> and you have mitt romney trying to down play expectations of tomorrow night's debate. in fact, his advisers are telling us that, in fact, this is one of several debates he'll have a chance to address the american people and explain to them why he would be better, car
one of the strengths for president obama this past year when we're looking at polling is that the american public generally likes president obama even as they have said that his job approval has been below 50%. so we're looking for moments, we're looking to see who goes on the defense, who's on offense tomorrow night, and who might slip up. but it's all about expectations, and in fact, 12 hours ago, mitt romney here in denver addressed that. let's take a listen. >> people want to know...
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it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> it is 21 minutes past the hour. as the candidates continue to prepare for the big debate tonight, a tape surfaces, one that tucker carlson's conservative website the daily caller bills as obama's other race speech. a clip. >> it is quiet riots that take place every day are born from the same place as the fires and the destruction and the police decked out in riot gear and deaths. they happen when a sense of disconnect settles in and hope dissipates. despair takes hold and young people all across the country look at the way the world is and they believe that things are never going to get better. >> carlson called this a bombshell, but a little reality here, this tape is not new. it was an open press event recorded in its entirety in 2007. and many media outlets including cnn extensively covered it, even
it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> it is 21 minutes past the hour. as the candidates continue to prepare for the big debate tonight, a tape surfaces, one that tucker carlson's conservative website the daily caller bills as obama's other race speech. a...
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obama needs to address it -- he needs to address it firmly and get it behind him. >> and make americans think he cares about all of them. >> if you were out there with this quote saying half the country won't vote for you. you've got to address that and get it behind you. romney has more work to do. because he's down. >> right. what about president obama, what does he have to do? >> president obama is sitting on a lead. he's looking good. the race seems like it has broken. his strategy will be to sort of play defense. not make any mistakes, play it very safe. he's got to stick to the strategy, which is emphasize the positives in the last four years and do what he's been doing, attack romney, attack him on that 47%. the other thing obama has to do, he's done a little bit but he hasn't to a certain degree is lay out specifics for a second term. if you look at the swing voters, they want to know what they're going to do. he's got to do that a little bit more. finally, in previous debates where obama has gotten in trouble, he seemed cocky and overconfident. >> there's a lot of talk about th
obama needs to address it -- he needs to address it firmly and get it behind him. >> and make americans think he cares about all of them. >> if you were out there with this quote saying half the country won't vote for you. you've got to address that and get it behind you. romney has more work to do. because he's down. >> right. what about president obama, what does he have to do? >> president obama is sitting on a lead. he's looking good. the race seems like it has...
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it was the media that portrayed bara obama as a st-racial president. it wasot the obama campaign. the media for a long te portrayearobama as above the old politica rhetoric both sis did. here's barack ob a black crowd that basically they aret par of the american counity. he said florida w with hurrane andrew and with hurricane katrina it wasn't. the facts were not true. hurricaneatrina got $110 billion to the gulf coast. well more than w put in with the stafford exempt. th got additional grantsrom the government. had a whe position done is to a white crowd saying a whit president was denying sectio a white part of the community, the press wld be tearing h alive. me ask trent lock. >> areyou saying is also the way esidt obama w speaking at raises eyebrows forou and this shows prent obama iy h regularly porays himself? >> anderson, i'mfrom louisiana, if i were talking to you the way i talk t friends back home, you woul't be abo understand me. >> my dad is mississippi, so i did go a mississippi reunion. >> george bush sounded more uthern below the mason/dixon line. politicians on bot
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which begs the question, how would president obama or mitt romney tackle the problem over the next four years? here's john zarrella. >> reporter: a fishing trawler tries outrunning a coast guard cutter. the crew of the cutter fires its 50 caliber machine gun. >> we've been hit. got smoke. got smoke. >> all right! >> reporter: disabling the trawler. on board, 20 tons of marijuana. this was the mid-1980s. the drug war was at its height. then vice president george bush headed up a task force to fight the problem. >> we have got to do better in interdicting it. >> reporter: in miami, cocaine is found hiden in commercial jets, flowers, even boxes of yams. the problem is, some aren't yams at all, rather plaster casts painted and shaped like yams. insid inside, pure coke. stash houses and drug labs are routinely raided. this was a war on drugs. these days it's not even a war on words. the white house doesn't call it a war any longer, focusing more on prevention. in this political season, the issue of illicit drugs rarely gets a mention on the campaign trail. when it does come up, president oba
which begs the question, how would president obama or mitt romney tackle the problem over the next four years? here's john zarrella. >> reporter: a fishing trawler tries outrunning a coast guard cutter. the crew of the cutter fires its 50 caliber machine gun. >> we've been hit. got smoke. got smoke. >> all right! >> reporter: disabling the trawler. on board, 20 tons of marijuana. this was the mid-1980s. the drug war was at its height. then vice president george bush...
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, do things, and have an impact on american influence that would be really president down president obama? >> my basic thesis is that there's a tremendous agree -- degree of continuity of all presidents. we have already seen, and jessica and i have running discussion about this, which began probably around january 2009, but many people have been struck. "the new york times" rights abroad this, the continuity about obama and bush, for that matter. they only changed things 10 degrees one way or the other. there will be some issues. obviously, there's no question that romney takes a different view on how to deal with russia. on iran, it's harder call, for instance. maybe you're going to get to this eventually, -- >> we are only 25 minutes in. i consider it to be an on unreasonable possibility regardless of who is in the white house that the united states might end up engaging in military action with iran, what will that do to all of these consensuses about spending and whether american people are injected in foreign policy and issues like the defense budget? as issues like that and the ones
, do things, and have an impact on american influence that would be really president down president obama? >> my basic thesis is that there's a tremendous agree -- degree of continuity of all presidents. we have already seen, and jessica and i have running discussion about this, which began probably around january 2009, but many people have been struck. "the new york times" rights abroad this, the continuity about obama and bush, for that matter. they only changed things 10...
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to my african-american friends, obama does not understand our problems as black people. i'm not trying to be racist. he is part collocation and part african-american. he does not understand are suffering. so i think someone needs to get off the kool-aid and stop believing what everyone says. aucasian.part colloc stop bombing innocent people. now they want to go to war with iran. i don't blame him for the economy, because i know the republicans are not cooperating with him. i am not going to watch. it's just going to be the same old thing over and over. host: on twitter -- jeff in florida on our independent line. caller: thanks for letting me talk on your show. you are probably the best independent news network on television. what i want to see happen at this debate is for the moderator's to ask the most important questions that have not been asked in this campaign. that is nuclear safety. since we had fukushima, japan, we found out that mother nature can exact a rant that is pretty substantial. i have personally put into mitt romney's hands and into an joe biden's hands
to my african-american friends, obama does not understand our problems as black people. i'm not trying to be racist. he is part collocation and part african-american. he does not understand are suffering. so i think someone needs to get off the kool-aid and stop believing what everyone says. aucasian.part colloc stop bombing innocent people. now they want to go to war with iran. i don't blame him for the economy, because i know the republicans are not cooperating with him. i am not going to...
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cap and trade should be a $1,700 tax on american families, and that number comes from the obama administration. >> 30 seconds. >> let's stipulate we are not going to do cap and trade. senator fisher says human beings are not warming the planet, and i say we are. i say it is a compelling problem and we need to address it. we need to have a debate about how we are going to address it and what our strategy is going to be. otherwise, we are going to wonder why we did not do anything about it. >> a question for senator kerry. >> there is a lot of discussion about lowering tax rates by limiting deductions on loopholes, but one person's loophole is another person's deduction for mortgage interest or state and local taxes. would you favor eliminating or reducing any of those, or would you offer other specific changes? >> the big four are markets reductions, and i think you can scale it back. i think there is a great pay off through simplification. you have got to believe it. you have to believe simplification can generate more revenue. if it generates more revenue, you cannot do it. i think there is a
cap and trade should be a $1,700 tax on american families, and that number comes from the obama administration. >> 30 seconds. >> let's stipulate we are not going to do cap and trade. senator fisher says human beings are not warming the planet, and i say we are. i say it is a compelling problem and we need to address it. we need to have a debate about how we are going to address it and what our strategy is going to be. otherwise, we are going to wonder why we did not do anything...
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part of the philosophy of president obama is trying to get as many americans as possible dependent on government so that the democrats can stay in power in perpetuity. the reason i think that is failing is, even those americans, if you break down that 47%, there is a significant chunk of people, receiving social security, who have paid into it their entire life. that is very different from being dependent on welfare. that is a critical safety net our society has counted on that we need to insure remain strong for generations to come. even those who are receiving welfare right now, most americans do not want to stay dependent on government. they want to work for the american dream. they want to work to provide for themselves and their families. i think that is why the obama administration's objective is essentially using bread and circuses to make as many people as possible dependent on government, to keep voting democratic, is not succeeding. americans want to stand on their own feet. >> that is the craziest thing i ever heard of my life. you are accusing the president of united state
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and the american people cannot find out what is in it. this is the free trade agreement that as i understand is like nafta on steroids, it continues to export jobs overseas, undermine wages at home and this agreement actually undermines american sovereignty as well by allowing an international corporate board of corporate representatives to rule on american laws and american regulations and tell us whether our laws and regulations are legitimate in the eyes of national corporations and they can fine u. this agreement gives us the ability to cause us taxpayers to have to pay them for the right to protect our environment and our water supply and our climate and human rights and wages and things like that. so this is absolutely outrageous. if we could go back to a system of one person, one vote, and have a real free press that enabled us to communicate and inform each other this would be a wonderful idea. unfortunately we're not there right now, so political parties in my view allow us to work together around the shared agenda. and the green
and the american people cannot find out what is in it. this is the free trade agreement that as i understand is like nafta on steroids, it continues to export jobs overseas, undermine wages at home and this agreement actually undermines american sovereignty as well by allowing an international corporate board of corporate representatives to rule on american laws and american regulations and tell us whether our laws and regulations are legitimate in the eyes of national corporations and they can...
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and obama almost looked like george h.w. bush checking his watch. >> i don't think the president's demeanor was especially whatever, checked out, i mean he talked longer than mitt romney so clearly he was engaged. >> i think why the analysis of the debate is the way it is from my perspective is not so much how did the president do? he did fine. there are moments he did really well and there are moments when negotiate did so well. i think the president did fine. he wasn't checking his watch or yawning. i think why last night was important was because how well governor romney performed. and as a political analyst i thought to me -- you know when you watch sports games you can tell if a team is running every play for the first half, they're going to try to establish the run. even i can figure that out. i didn't think he was going for like ablet. i thought he was going for what his strength was which was not focused on the economy. this is what i've done, this is what i will do. i'm focusedton economy. and i thought from the mom
and obama almost looked like george h.w. bush checking his watch. >> i don't think the president's demeanor was especially whatever, checked out, i mean he talked longer than mitt romney so clearly he was engaged. >> i think why the analysis of the debate is the way it is from my perspective is not so much how did the president do? he did fine. there are moments he did really well and there are moments when negotiate did so well. i think the president did fine. he wasn't checking...
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with the american people. that is a downplaying of the expectations. for the debate itself. >> you have been reporting about the separation is taking place for months, most notably when mitt romney was down during the democratic convention. and preparing for the debates in vermont. in your reporting, who is helping mitt romney and who is helping president obama? >> mitt romney is being held by a bunch of people. the senior strategist on his campaign. you have senator robb portman playing the role of barack obama. it is his job to get under romney's scan the way they expect obama to get under romney's skin. on the obama side, you have two white house veterans who are running the debate prep for president obama. you have senator john kerry, who has been there himself. >> what happens during these mock debates? >> they do not talk a lot about what happens during these. what they try to do is try to set a situation that is as realistic as possible for the actual debate. they do it at the same time and night the de
with the american people. that is a downplaying of the expectations. for the debate itself. >> you have been reporting about the separation is taking place for months, most notably when mitt romney was down during the democratic convention. and preparing for the debates in vermont. in your reporting, who is helping mitt romney and who is helping president obama? >> mitt romney is being held by a bunch of people. the senior strategist on his campaign. you have senator robb portman...
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. >> i am the director of the african american civil war museum. our exhibit is called civil war to civil rights. i was a city council member in washington d.c. when i look at president obama's appointment to the supreme court, both for women. one was hispanic. i said this is a brilliant move for a man that knees that coalition to be reelected. what is your response to that? now he can go back to them and say he needs the support. if he gets there -- if he gets reelected, he will appoint more supreme court nominees. >> there is no guarantee he will get two. the ft side is that you have a segment of the building blocks that -- >> the flip side is you have a segment of the voting bloc that gives up their boats. >> black women voted more. >> there is something to be said about ignoring that vote when thurgood marshall was replaced by someone that the black community has been hands-off with since he got in on the -- 20 years ago. >> he does not get invited to the picnic. >> going after constituencies that you need. women, working white women, upper-cla
. >> i am the director of the african american civil war museum. our exhibit is called civil war to civil rights. i was a city council member in washington d.c. when i look at president obama's appointment to the supreme court, both for women. one was hispanic. i said this is a brilliant move for a man that knees that coalition to be reelected. what is your response to that? now he can go back to them and say he needs the support. if he gets there -- if he gets reelected, he will appoint...
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the third reference, every fair minded american should see a, 2016, "obama's america." everyone should see it. when i was at the movie, my wife is a very liberal teacher, and people were standing up singing god bless america. people are scared stiff of obama. host: one last call, darlene. caller: i would like to say that i am very disappointed in obama. that he does not talk to these foreign leaders. he has hillary do it. is that not sad? he does not do it, hillary has to do his work. he lies about the foreign wars over there. that is what i call them, because of of fighting. he does not do anything about it. there is one other question i would like to less -- how much is it costing the taxpayers to pay for all of the trips that michelle obama takes, flying all over the country about her sugar and her obesity? when she went over to the olympics, she met with the queen wearing her $7,000 jacket and was heard to say that kate middleton could have worn something nicer. host: coming up next, we will talk to nicholas burns. former ambassador to nato, analyzing the role of fo
the third reference, every fair minded american should see a, 2016, "obama's america." everyone should see it. when i was at the movie, my wife is a very liberal teacher, and people were standing up singing god bless america. people are scared stiff of obama. host: one last call, darlene. caller: i would like to say that i am very disappointed in obama. that he does not talk to these foreign leaders. he has hillary do it. is that not sad? he does not do it, hillary has to do his work....
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part of the philosophy of president obama is trying to get as many americans as possible dependent on government so that the democrats can stay in power in perpetuity. the reason i think that is failing is, even those americans, if you break down that 47%, there is a significant chunk of people, receiving social security, who have paid into it their entire life. that is very different from being dependent on welfare. that is a critical safety net our society has counted on that we need to insure remain strong for generations to come. even those who are receiving welfare right now, most americans do not want to stay dependent on government. they want to work for the american dream. they want to work to provide for themselves and their families. i think that is why the obama administration's objective is essentially using bread and circuses to make as many people as possible dependent on government, to keep voting democratic, is not succeeding. americans want to stand on their own feet. >> that is the craziest thing i ever heard of my life. you are accusing the president of united state
part of the philosophy of president obama is trying to get as many americans as possible dependent on government so that the democrats can stay in power in perpetuity. the reason i think that is failing is, even those americans, if you break down that 47%, there is a significant chunk of people, receiving social security, who have paid into it their entire life. that is very different from being dependent on welfare. that is a critical safety net our society has counted on that we need to...
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romney jones to accuse obama of disgraceful -- jumped to accuse obama of disgraceful handling of the situation, including sympathizing with those who waged the attacks instead of condemning them and making a "apology for american principles." we fact checked that, and we pointed out that neither an unofficial statement from the cairo embassy nor statements from secretary of state hillary clinton nor obama's own statement contained any sympathy for the attackers if you read the plain language of them. the administration's condemnation of religious incitement on the anti-muslim from did not come anywhere close to being an apology by any definition. i have a feeling that romney stands ready to apply this overly broad definition of apology at any opportunity in the debates or during the endgame of the campaign. >> thank you, jim. before i make my own prediction, i want to know something kind of remarkable happening in the last couple of days. both candidates have been asked and referred to fact checking, their reaction to it. we have a clip of what president obama said in a "60 minutes,"
romney jones to accuse obama of disgraceful -- jumped to accuse obama of disgraceful handling of the situation, including sympathizing with those who waged the attacks instead of condemning them and making a "apology for american principles." we fact checked that, and we pointed out that neither an unofficial statement from the cairo embassy nor statements from secretary of state hillary clinton nor obama's own statement contained any sympathy for the attackers if you read the plain...
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president obama is hose still to israel. left benjamin netanyahu in the basement, say call me if something changes, did not treat him like the best ally in the middle east and probably in the world and a democratic country at that with elected leaders in the tradition is strong and ought to be supported. mitt romney is a friend of israel, and that matters to any friend of israel, jewish or not jewish in the united states. >> thank you. >> there's agreement in the room that we need to reform large entitlement programs as you mentioned, but i think there's agreement that any effort of reform is fought tooth and nail by established senate departments so if you look ahead to january 2012, it's a choice between leaving the major entitlement programs unreformed or abandoning the filibuster in order to get the necessary reforms through. what do you think is the right course to take? >> great question. never end the filibuster. i think the filibuster has roots in constitutional government. i would never end the filibuster, but i wou
president obama is hose still to israel. left benjamin netanyahu in the basement, say call me if something changes, did not treat him like the best ally in the middle east and probably in the world and a democratic country at that with elected leaders in the tradition is strong and ought to be supported. mitt romney is a friend of israel, and that matters to any friend of israel, jewish or not jewish in the united states. >> thank you. >> there's agreement in the room that we need...
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what did barack obama do this year? he leaned into the issue. he defied his aides who were saying we're going to lose down scale white voters if you do this, if the african-american president hurts hispanics, it's going to hurt you with white swing voters. he did it anyway and, in fact, the response was quite remarkable. it did lead to an uptick in enthusiasm among hispanics, lots of praise for progressives, and swing voters were kind of glad somebody did something that -- >> [inaudible] >> exactly. and it actually put republicans on the defensive. so i think republicans have not only paymented themselves into a -- painted themselves into a corner on this, but democrats are increasingly learning how to take advantage of that fact. >> it was interesting what you said about down scale whites. they haven't been that alienated by the moves by obama, but i thought the point you made earlier, maybe it'll be the same as mccain's, maybe it'll be a little more. just enough to get reelected and, you know, in a sense they're part of your coalition, but how
what did barack obama do this year? he leaned into the issue. he defied his aides who were saying we're going to lose down scale white voters if you do this, if the african-american president hurts hispanics, it's going to hurt you with white swing voters. he did it anyway and, in fact, the response was quite remarkable. it did lead to an uptick in enthusiasm among hispanics, lots of praise for progressives, and swing voters were kind of glad somebody did something that -- >> [inaudible]...
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but to barack obama deepest year? he defied his aid saying we're going to lose downscale white voters if he did this nasty american president to help hispanics hurt you with wasting voters, he did it anyway and in fact the response is quite remarkable that it did lead to an uptick of enthusiasm among hispanics, lots of praise from progressives and spring voters were glad somebody did something about an issue that they find -- exactly. it actually put republicans on the defensive. republicans totally paint themselves in a corner, but find how to take advantage of that pack. >> i haven't been that alienated, but i thought the point you're raising earlier was that they got elected, maybe you would mccain, maybe more, than to be elected a part of your coalition. but how do you keep them down on the farm? what should the democrats -- to appeal to these voters. >> i thought this is very much up for grabs. >> if obama wins the nice on a national basis, some assert the number will go down from 40%. it has been described as a
but to barack obama deepest year? he defied his aid saying we're going to lose downscale white voters if he did this nasty american president to help hispanics hurt you with wasting voters, he did it anyway and in fact the response is quite remarkable that it did lead to an uptick of enthusiasm among hispanics, lots of praise from progressives and spring voters were glad somebody did something about an issue that they find -- exactly. it actually put republicans on the defensive. republicans...
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but obama promised versus what he delivered. >> american crossers is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> oppose the president. we were talking about how to legislation spent $800 billion on a strain to fix the economy. they spend the money and the job soon follow. but we got was dead. when you talk about in those terms, here's what the president sold to the american people on how to fix the economy. these are the results are not only not create a job, it created a lot of debt that we now have to pay off. a lot of money, not a lot of results. we tried to hold a lack of officials to account for the record and also for the promises that they have made. a lot of incumbent politicians don't like us because there's a lot of people doing it on a very large lawful. >> it is important to one of the things we talk about is targeting. it is important living here between new york and philadelphia market you'll not see any of these most likely. pennsylvania historically has been a target state. right now neither campaign are super pack really advertise in the philadelphia media market
but obama promised versus what he delivered. >> american crossers is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> oppose the president. we were talking about how to legislation spent $800 billion on a strain to fix the economy. they spend the money and the job soon follow. but we got was dead. when you talk about in those terms, here's what the president sold to the american people on how to fix the economy. these are the results are not only not create a job, it created a...
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obama was in peculiar positions to thwart opposition, and first african-american president, the left couldn't really challenge him. it should have been more like bush 1992. >> it was structured. bloomberg would have run in a minute if he thought he could have run, but looked at the process of getting on the ballot. >> that was done. americans did that. i think americans had the wrong understanding of the right kind of third party candidate. they wanted an upscale social, liberal, even john huntsman type candidate. on the left version of that. that's not good for the country in my opinion, but analytically, there's sentiments. if we have a failure to come together and past serious reforms, i think -- my hunch is that john's right. the degree of turmoil and unexpected developments, third, fourth parties, splits in both parties. it's not like the democrats are comfortable with obama. he could have a problem on the left, and not having to challenge obama, a 2016 candidacy. i agree with the republicans. they are a different string than the republican party. mike huckabee to the center or
obama was in peculiar positions to thwart opposition, and first african-american president, the left couldn't really challenge him. it should have been more like bush 1992. >> it was structured. bloomberg would have run in a minute if he thought he could have run, but looked at the process of getting on the ballot. >> that was done. americans did that. i think americans had the wrong understanding of the right kind of third party candidate. they wanted an upscale social, liberal,...
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bob greenstein is on the senate priorities and that of president obama's transition team policy work. douglas holtz-eakin is president of the american action forum and headed the domestic policy staff in the campaign ad was the director of the congressional budget office. donald marron is the director of the tax policy center and member of george bush's advisor and acting director of cbo and finally, digamma rogers blogs as an economist and was the chief economist of the house budget committee for the democratic staff of the house ways and means committee. the format today will be relatively straightforward. each of the panelists will speak for five minutes. i will ask some questions and we will get a discussion going up here and then turn to the audience to give you all a chance to ask questions. we have people watching on c-span and on the web. if you are not in the room and have questions, please send them to publicaffairs@urban.org and the questions will come to me. let's start. >> thanks everybody for being here and for braving the rain to talk about the fiscal cliff and we will
bob greenstein is on the senate priorities and that of president obama's transition team policy work. douglas holtz-eakin is president of the american action forum and headed the domestic policy staff in the campaign ad was the director of the congressional budget office. donald marron is the director of the tax policy center and member of george bush's advisor and acting director of cbo and finally, digamma rogers blogs as an economist and was the chief economist of the house budget committee...
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. >> obama: i have woken up every single day doing everything i can to give american workers a fair shot in this global economy. >> stephanie: yeah and he talked about early voting. >> obama: on october 2nd, which is just six days from now, you get to start voting. [ cheers ] >> stephanie: oh, he is like a little enthusiasm. >> enthusiasm! >> stephanie: election day starts now. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: early voting expected to exceed 2008 levels. the election would be win or lost thank to early voting has now spread to over half of the swing states. and it starts today in iowa and more states to follow. about 35% of the vote will be cast before election day. 78% of all votes in colorado were cast prior to election day in 2008. in 2012 the election day will be essentially won or lost before election day. voters have already cast their ballots before the debates are held. >> yes. >> stephanie: which is interesting. sweet jesus. >> oh sweet jesus! >> stephanie: okay. the president on jobs. >> obama: i'm not fighting for democratic jobs or republican jobs, i'm fight
. >> obama: i have woken up every single day doing everything i can to give american workers a fair shot in this global economy. >> stephanie: yeah and he talked about early voting. >> obama: on october 2nd, which is just six days from now, you get to start voting. [ cheers ] >> stephanie: oh, he is like a little enthusiasm. >> enthusiasm! >> stephanie: election day starts now. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: early voting...